Issue 42
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East Timor: Too late for justice?
It seems that almost four years later, the overwhelming majority of the people responsible for the atrocities committed in East Timor in 1999 are yet to face
justice. Only a handful of people have been charged with any offence.
 
 Truth, reconciliation commission chief says more time needed
The Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor
(CAVR) has already heard over 2000 statements on human rights violations committed during the 25-year independence struggle against Indonesia, but needs an extension of its mandate, the independent body announced last month. - ETAN
Amnesty slams Indonesia's "dishonest" Timor rights trials
Amnesty International last month slammed Indonesia's trials of suspects in the 1999 East Timor violence as "not honest, truthful or fair" and urged the United Nations to consider setting up a tribunal. - ETAN/AFP
Ramos Horta critical of US peacekeeping pull out
East Timor's foreign minister regretted last year's decision of the United States to withdraw its military observers from the newly independent nation over fears of possible prosecution of US military by the International Criminal Court. - ETAN
 
East Timor's struggling Legal System
The Government of Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri has taken steps to satisfy the East Timorese people’s desire for justice after the long years of Indonesian oppression. But many critics, both at home and abroad, claim that those measures have been too few and at times, half-hearted. - The Law Report, ABC Radio National
 
Asian countries must ratify International Court
It is crucial not only for East Timor to ratify this treaty at this time in history but for countries in Asia and elsewhere in the world that have witnessed and experienced first hand the atrocities committed by those in power and those who hold guns and use them against innocent civilians, most of whom are women and children. - ETAN
 
 Masters of Terror
This site excerpts content from the book Masters of Terror, published last year by the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the
ANU. It contains a database of the most complete set of profiles available so far of the key suspects in the 1999 destruction of East Timor, as well as a chronology of the worst atrocities that occurred that year.
 
Let our justice reflect your own
You break the power of the oppressor. Turn all hearts to the way of the Gospel that peace might triumph over violence and our justice reflect your own. - Fraynework Justice Issues Website
 
Message Stick: Coming Home ABC TV, 1:30 pm, Sunday 11 May
A young Indigenous man was separated from his mother and siblings for 34 years, then reunited with his family.
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Caritas Latest
Staff from Caritas Australia arrived in the Solomon Islands Friday, August
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Mr Jack de Groot, National Director of Caritas Australia, said Caritas Australia supports the regional intervention in the Solomon Islands, while expressing caution that a blanket amnesty is not introduced which allows offenders to go unpunished.
Caritas Australia has released a position paper calling on the Australian government to rethink the proposal to ignore serious crimes committed in the Solomon Islands before its intervention commences.
"Justice is a precondition for permanent reconciliation and peace. Amnesties do not provide justice," Caritas Australia spokesman, Jamie Isbister, Acting National Director said today.
The paper also highlights the growing crisis caused by the increasing number of small arms concentrating in Melanesia, particularly in the Solomon Islands. See the Policy
The objectives of Australia's intervention in the Solomon Islands need to be clarified. For Australia's aims to be justifiable, there should be commitment to the Solomon Islanders which includes the elimination of guns and the flow of weapons, says the latest Caritas Policy brief.
See the Policy
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